noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/
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rhymes with -ɪkʃən
CMU ARPABET:R IY0 S T R IH1 K SH AH0 N
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A regulation or limitation that restricts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
109 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kufizim
— act or state
Arabic:
تَقْيِيد
(taqyīd)
— act or state
Arabic:
اِقْتِصَار
(iqtiṣār)
— act or state
Arabic:
قَيْد
(qayd)
— act or state
Armenian:
սահմանափակում
(sahmanapʻakum)
— act or state
Azerbaijani:
məhdudiyyət
— act or state
Belarusian:
абмежава́нне
(abmježavánnje)
— act or state
Belarusian:
абмежава́ньне
(abmježavánʹnje)
— act or state
Bulgarian:
огранича́ване
(ograničávane)
— act or state
Bulgarian:
ограниче́ние
(ograničénie)
— act or state
Burmese:
အကန့်အသတ်
(a.kan.a.sat)
— act or state
Catalan:
restricció
— act or state
Chinese Cantonese:
限制
(haan6 zai3)
— act or state
Chinese Mandarin:
限制
(xiànzhì)
— act or state
Czech:
omezení
— act or state
Danish:
begrænsning
— act or state
Danish:
indskrænkning
— act or state
Dutch:
beperking
— act or state
Estonian:
piiramine
— act or state
Finnish:
rajoittaminen
— act or state
French:
restriction
— act or state
Georgian:
შეზღუდვა
(šezɣudva)
— act or state
German:
Beschränkung
— act or state
German:
Einschränkung
— act or state
German:
Begrenzung
— act or state
Greek:
περιορισμός
(periorismós)
— act or state
Hebrew:
הַגְבָּלָה
(hagbalá)
— act or state
Hebrew:
סְיָג
(syag)
— act or state
Hindi:
प्रतिबंध
(pratibandh)
— act or state
Hindi:
बंदिश
(bandiś)
— act or state
Hindi:
पाबंदी
(pābandī)
— act or state
Hindi:
रुकावट
(rukāvaṭ)
— act or state
Hindi:
निषेध
(niṣedh)
— act or state
Hungarian:
korlátozás
— act or state
Icelandic:
takmörkun
— act or state
Irish:
teorannú
— act or state
Italian:
restrizione
— act or state
Japanese:
制限
(seigen)
— act or state
Kazakh:
шектеме
(şekteme)
— act or state
Kazakh:
шектеу
(şekteu)
— act or state
Korean:
제한
(jehan)
— act or state
Kyrgyz:
чектөө
(cektöö)
— act or state
Kyrgyz:
чектеме
(cekteme)
— act or state
Lao:
ຂໍ້ຈໍາກັດ
(khǭ cham kat)
— act or state
Latvian:
ierobežojums
— act or state
Lithuanian:
apribojimas
— act or state
Macedonian:
ограничување
(ograničuvanje)
— act or state
Norwegian Bokmål:
begrensning
— act or state
Iranian Persian:
مَحْدودِیَّت
(mahdudiyyat)
— act or state
Iranian Persian:
قِید
(ġeyd)
— act or state
Polish:
ograniczenie
— act or state
Portuguese:
restrição
— act or state
Romanian:
restricție
— act or state
Russian:
ограниче́ние
(ograničénije)
— act or state
Serbo-Croatian:
ограниче́ње
— act or state
Serbo-Croatian:
ograničénje
— act or state
Slovak:
obmedzenie
— act or state
Slovene:
omejitev
— act or state
Spanish:
restricción
— act or state
Swedish:
begränsning
— act or state
Swedish:
inskränkning
— act or state
Tajik:
маҳдудият
(mahdudiyat)
— act or state
Tajik:
қайд
(qayd)
— act or state
Thai:
ข้อจํากัด
(kɔ̂ɔ-jam-gàt)
— act or state
Thai:
การจํากัด
(gaan-jam-gàt)
— act or state
Turkish:
kısıtlama
— act or state
Turkish:
sınırlama
— act or state
Ukrainian:
обме́ження
(obméžennja)
— act or state
Urdu:
بَنْدِش
(bandiś)
— act or state
Urdu:
پابَنْدی
(pābandī)
— act or state
Urdu:
قَید
(qaid)
— act or state
Urdu:
رُکاوَٹ
(rukāvaṭ)
— act or state
Urdu:
مَحْدُودِیَت
(mahdūdiyat)
— act or state
Uzbek:
cheklash
— act or state
Uzbek:
cheklov
— act or state
Vietnamese:
hạn chế
— act or state
Arabic:
قَيْد
(qayd)
— regulation or limitation
Belarusian:
абмежава́нне
(abmježavánnje)
— regulation or limitation
Belarusian:
абмежава́ньне
(abmježavánʹnje)
— regulation or limitation
Bulgarian:
ограниче́ние
(ograničénie)
— regulation or limitation
Catalan:
restricció
— regulation or limitation
Czech:
omezení
— regulation or limitation
Estonian:
piirang
— regulation or limitation
Finnish:
rajoitus
— regulation or limitation
Finnish:
rajoite
— regulation or limitation
German:
Beschränkung
— regulation or limitation
German:
Einschränkung
— regulation or limitation
Italian:
restrizione
— regulation or limitation
Lithuanian:
apribojimas
— regulation or limitation
Macedonian:
ограничување
(ograničuvanje)
— regulation or limitation
Norwegian Bokmål:
restriksjon
— regulation or limitation
Norwegian Nynorsk:
restriksjon
— regulation or limitation
Polish:
restrykcja
— regulation or limitation
Polish:
obostrzenie
— regulation or limitation
Romanian:
restricție
— regulation or limitation
Russian:
ограниче́ние
(ograničénije)
— regulation or limitation
Russian:
рестри́кция
(restríkcija)
— regulation or limitation
Sanskrit:
अवधारण
(avadhāraṇa)
— regulation or limitation
Spanish:
restricción
— regulation or limitation
Spanish:
cortapisa
— regulation or limitation
Swedish:
restriktion
— regulation or limitation
Swedish:
begränsning
— regulation or limitation
Ukrainian:
обме́ження
(obméžennja)
— regulation or limitation
Bulgarian:
рестри́кция
(restríkcija)
— degradation of DNA
French:
restriction
— degradation of DNA
Italian:
restrizione
— degradation of DNA
Portuguese:
restrição
— degradation of DNA
Russian:
рестри́кция
(restríkcija)
— degradation of DNA